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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Waderdowper, n. (17th c. Eng. Wederdoper (1647), Du. wederdooper an Anabaptist.) —a1651 Calderwood VII 620.
There were diverse sects of religion croppen in among them, as of the Brownists, Waderdowpers, and siclike